Monthly writing prompts, like these February writing prompts, are a highly effective way to engage your students and motivate them to practice their writing skills. This February journal prompts resource includes topics that are relevant to what students are experiencing in real time, so they are interested in exploring the topic and writing about it. Learn more about our February writing prompts resource for elementary students below!
What is the February Writing Prompts Resource?
This February journal writing prompts resource includes 10 different genres of writing: Creative, informative, opinion, narrative, procedural, descriptive, review, persuasive, poetry, and letter writing. That means there are tons of February writing ideas to choose from! It offers fun and engaging writing activities for the month of February that will motivate your students to practice their writing skills and inspire a love of writing. It’s part of our monthly writing prompts bundle. Learn about what’s included in our February journal prompts resource and why elementary teachers love it below!
What is Included in this February Writing Resource?
Below is a list of all of the resources included in this February writing journal prompts resource.
Writing Journal Cover and Table of Contents
This February writing prompt resource includes 4 cover options so you can choose which one fits you and your students’ needs best. In addition, it includes table of contents printables for students to use to organize their many pieces of writing.
Thematic Paper
The resource includes 6 versions of thematic writing paper, so you can differentiate based on your students’ needs.
Lists of Writing Prompts
This resource has a list of prompts for the following writing genres: Creative, informative, opinion, narrative, procedural, descriptive, review, persuasive, poetry, and letter writing prompts. Having these lists will ensure your students engage with lots of different types of writing throughout the month. Plus students love these February writing ideas!
Assessment Tools
This February writing journal resource includes tons of assessment tools. First, it includes a rubric that helps make expectations clear to students and makes grading quick and easy for you. Second, it includes a self-assessment activity that helps you guide students through reflecting on the experience. Third, there is a feedback form to help you identify student strengths, set goals for each student, and develop future lessons.
Digital Versions of the Resources
There are digital versions of all the resources so students can access them in school and at home. This also gives elementary teachers the flexibility to assign the February journal prompts as a pencil and paper assignment or to utilize the technology students have access to.
Why Teachers Love These February Journal Prompts
Below are 5 reasons elementary teachers love this February writing journal prompts resource.
- This February writing activities resource documents students’ writing abilities, which makes it great for including in writing portfolios and sharing with families during parent-teacher conferences.
- It’s a print and go resource, which saves you lots of time planning and prepping.
- It is a great fast finisher task that students can work on whenever they have some free time.
- This February journal prompts resource includes a rubric for students, so it makes it easy for students to understand the criteria for quality writing.
- It comes in digital and printable formats so students can access the resources in class and at home.
12 Ways Teachers Use These February Writing Prompts
Elementary teachers use these February writing activities in all of the ways listed below.
- writing projects
- whole group lessons
- literacy centers
- writing centers
- sub plans
- morning work
- homework
- fast finisher activities
- filler tasks
- assessments
- evidence for report cards
- work samples for parent-teacher conferences
February Journal Prompts Resources
The February journal writing prompts resource is part of our monthly writing prompts bundle. Grab the February set of journal prompts or scoop up the year-long bundle!
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